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Mikael Backlund

1989 - Today

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Mikael Backlund (born 17 March 1989) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Backlund was a first round selection, 24th overall, of the Flames in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, and made his NHL debut in 2008–09. He played junior hockey for VIK Västerås HK in the J20 SuperElit and the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikael Backlund has received more than 176,853 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikael Backlund is the 4,212th most popular athlete (down from 2,839th in 2019), the 1,600th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,283rd in 2019) and the 141st most popular Swedish Athlete.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 19.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mikael Backlund ranks 4,212 out of 3,059. Before him are Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Tatyana Shemyakina, Ryan Suter, Jake Kaminski, Torah Bright, and Oliver Korn. After him are Jason Richardson, Peter Kretschmer, Son Tae-jin, Sara Ahmed, Michael Norman, and Grant Holloway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Mikael Backlund ranks 1,297. Before him are Sabien Lilaj, Mitch Nichols, Dominik Nerz, Patrick Patterson, Mario Vrančić, and Dustin Cook. After him are Abby Erceg, Kazuki Oiwa, Rie Usui, Masato Kurogi, Kazunari Ono, and Juhani Ojala.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Mikael Backlund ranks 1,600 out of 1,612. Before him are Linus Wahlqvist (1996), Alexander Edler (1986), Calle Järnkrok (1991), Andreas Kramer (1997), Niklas Hjalmarsson (1987), and Elias Lindholm (1994). After him are Adam Larsson (1992), Carl Hagelin (1988), Alexander Fransson (1994), Jakob Silfverberg (1990), Mahmoud Eid (1993), and Julia Spetsmark (1989).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Mikael Backlund ranks 141. Before him are Johan Wissman (1982), Ebba Jungmark (1987), Moa Hjelmer (1990), Erica Jarder (1986), Alexander Edler (1986), and Andreas Kramer (1997).

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